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parvenu

Portuguese, noun

parvenu is spelled P-A-R-V-E-N-U (7 letters). Parvenu is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “parvenu (a person who has risen to a higher social class)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does parvenu mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineparvenu (a person who has risen to a higher social class)

    Coordinate term: alpinista social

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of parvenu

  • parvenus plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to parvenu

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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